Florencia a pie con Galería de la Academia

A walking tour and a visit to the Accademia Gallery is the perfect way to spend a day in Florence. Meet your knowledgeable local guide and discover the most important sites in Florence's historic centre, before visiting Michelangelo's world-famous Statue of David in the Accademia Gallery. Learn about the city's fascinating history Florence is best known for being the birthplace of the Renaissance, but did you know the city actually dates back to Roman times? Find all that out and more as you wander the stunning streets with your English-speaking guide, who will tell you all about the foundations of the city, the medieval period and the Renaissance, when the Medici family came to power. The family revolutionised Europe with their banking practices, became unimaginably wealthy and used their riches to usher in a new era of revolutionary art and science which still has effects today. See the most important sites on foot Part of the Medici's fortunes went into the architecture of Florence and its iconic Duomo Cathedral. That's one of the many sites in the historic centre you'll visit, along with the Piazza della Signoria and its Palazzo Vecchio, the Baptistery and the "Gates of Paradise", Giotto's belltower and Brunelleschi's Dome. Skip the line at the Accademia Gallery After your tour of Florence, you'll head to the Florence Accademia Gallery. There you'll come face to face with the 17-foot-tall Statue of David, one of the most famous sculptures in the world, and also see Michelangelo's unfinished sculptures Prigioni and San Matteo. The museum also holds works from some of Italian history's greatest artists, such as Botticelli, Uccello and del Sarto, which your guide will help you discover.